The Club (1981)
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Bruce Beresford directed this adaptation of David Williamson's play (Williamson also scripted) about the ever-widening gap between professional sport and its boardroom intrigues. Jack Thompson is Laurie, a once popular ball player on the Australian Rules football circuit, but now an ineffective… More Bruce Beresford directed this adaptation of David Williamson's play (Williamson also scripted) about the ever-widening gap between professional sport and its boardroom intrigues. Jack Thompson is Laurie, a once popular ball player on the Australian Rules football circuit, but now an ineffective coach who tries to spark a mediocre football team into winning the league championship. But as he struggles to motivate his players, he becomes increasingly disenchanted with the sport as he witnesses how big business interests have become the main motivation of the game that has turned the game that he has devoted his life to into a heartless and insensitive sports franchise. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Directed By
- Bruce Beresford
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
PG,
- In Theaters
- Sep 18, 1980 Limited
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Cast
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Jack Thompson
as Laurie
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Graham Kennedy
as Ted
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Frank Wilson
as Jock
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Harold Hopkins
as Danny
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John Howard (II)
as Geoff
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Alan Cassell
as Gerry
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Maggie Doyle
as Susy
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Kim Coates
as Mr. Carver
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Diana Greentree
as Geoff's mother
- Juliet Mills
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Andrea Roth
as Amy
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Zack Ward
as Kyle
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John Proper
as Rostoff
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Paul Popowich
as Greg
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Matthew Ferguson
as Darren
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Jack H. Harris
as First Club Official
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Rino Romano
as Evan
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Ron Carter
as Reporter 2
